The story of Lizzie Borden has strangely stuck with me through my adult life since watching the movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden starring Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha in Bewitched) when I was a child. If you don’t know it, Lizzie Borden was tried for murdering her father and step mother in 1892 brutally with an […]
Author Archives: Ms K
March
28
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
posted by Ms K
Now don’t let this put you off BUT I really needed a shower reading this book. There was something about it that made me feel grotty – and a little sick. If I could scrub Eileen’s house from top to bottom with turps, I might well have felt better. This is a dark, morbid […]
March
16
The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
posted by Ms K
Deary me, Readheads. This one will leave you shaken and stirred so if you are a dirty-martini-loving reader, pour yourself a stiff one and dive in. Same for those of you who prefer a good cup of tea – just make it a strong one. I have not read anything from Chris Bohjalian before and that […]
February
07
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
posted by Ms K
This one is another winner from Emma Donoghue – author of The Room and Frog Music – the latter I reviewed here previously, heaping upon it lots of praise. I love Emma’s work – great ideas, perfectly executed, gritty page turners and always, always intrigue. The Wonder, set in the mid 1800s, is the story […]
January
24
The Woman on the Stairs by Bernhard Schlink
posted by Ms K
I’ve started my 2017 reading journey rather differently than 2016. Drum roll please….. I read a book written by a man. If you caught Ms A’s review last month of our best picks of 2016, you’d know I only read female authors all last year. It wasn’t intentional – no 2016 resolution involved – but happily I report, book wise, […]
November
07
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
posted by Ms K
I hated it when I finished this book. My husband however was thrilled. No longer did he have to lay beside someone in bed who appeared to be having a full-blown seizure in order to stifle hysterical laughter because that was me – night after night after night. Readheads, this book is fantastically funny but if you know anything […]
November
02
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
posted by Ms K
Long listed for the Man Booker Prize 2016, many in the know predicted this book would win. But it wasn’t Deborah’s year again (she has been nominated twice) so perhaps she is indeed sipping on hot milk rather than champagne. I read this one a little while ago, drawn more to the lovely cover than […]
October
08
Commonwealth by Anne Patchett
posted by Ms K
Having read this book, it’s decided. Anne Patchett has earned a seat at my ‘in-my-dreams dinner party’. You know the one? The dinner party you’d host if you could invite anyone living or dead – the legends, those you love, have crushes on, wish desperately were your friends. That one. She’d be joined by Lily […]
September
12
The Girls by Emma Cline
posted by Ms K
Here is one author to keep your eyes on, Readheads. Emma Cline has written a beauty with The Girls and while not the easiest of reads or most fun, it is certainly a damn fine one. My heart broke a little with each page and not because it is super sad in the traditional […]
August
29
Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent
posted by Ms K
This review may actually read like a visit to the counsellor so I apologise at the get-go. Reason being, Dinner with Edward brought up so many wonderful memories for me about people I loved dearly, who are now gone, and it made me think about why they left such a powerful impression on my life. It made me remember every […]
